Pedestrians have taken over city streets, people have almost entirely stopped flying, skies are blue (even in Los Angeles!) for the first time in decades, and global CO2 emissions are on-trac
Findings confirm 11 of the 12 warmest years in Europe occurred in past two decades.
Europe had its hottest year on record last year, new data has confirmed, with periods of exceptional heat last…
Heirs to the oil fortune created by John D. Rockefeller, who founded Standard Oil in 1870, are exiting the family business.
The Rockefeller Family Fund, a charity that supports causes related to the…
Discoveries exposed by retreating ice include snowshoe for horses and bronze age ski
The retreat of a Norwegian mountain ice patch, which is melting because of climate change, has revealed a lost…
Activists hold mass video calls and share hashtags, and three-day livestream planned for Earth Day.
The large crowds and brightly coloured placards of the school climate strikes became some of the…
The bright colours of latex gloves risk can be mistaken as food by seabirds, turtles and other marine mammals putting them at risk of severe injuries and death.
Solar, wind and batteries see dramatic gains in competitiveness over the last six months compared to longer-established energy options according to BloombergNEF.
In northern Kenya, climate change threatens to reverse recent gains made in the fight against child marriage and female genital mutilation, but fierce advocates are fighting to stop the trend.
Three…
The tech giant’s pledge to go carbon negative by 2030 leans heavily on nascent technology such as machines that suck carbon out of the air.
Microsoft drew widespread praise in January this year…
Dutch officials and British economist to use guide to help city thrive in balance with planet.
A doughnut cooked up in Oxford will guide Amsterdam out of the economic mess left by the coronavirus…
Planet of the Humans, which takes aim at the green movement, is ‘full of misinformation’, says one online library.
A new Michael Moore-produced documentary that takes aim at the supposed hypocrisy…
The COVID-19 lockdown has led to cleaner air, but will do little to address the issue of air pollution in the long run.
People living with poor air quality may be more susceptible to this disease…
Where will we be in six months, a year, ten years from now? I lie awake at night wondering what the future holds for my loved ones. My vulnerable friends and relatives. I wonder what will happen to…
The film ‘Planet of the Humans’ opens with the director, Jeff Gibbs, operating a fossil-fuelled combustion engine vehicle, on a road full of combustion engine vehicles, followed up with some footage…
Recent generations, including ours, lived – and are still living – through four global crises. But the good news is that this time we have our blueprint to choose a sustainable and resilient socio-…
Governments must act now to stop 265 million starving, warns World Food Programme boss
The world is facing widespread famine “of biblical proportions” because of the coronavirus pandemic, the chief…
Researchers at University of Tasmania find 14 different kinds of plastic smaller than 5mm in an ice core from 2009.
Small pieces of plastic have been detected in sea ice in Antarctica for what…